Third Star- Brad Levick- Barrie Blizzard CLax veteran Brad Levick started his tenure with the Barrie Blizzard off on the right foot. The Newmarket,ON native netted a hat trick and one helper in his first game with his new club. Levick enters his fourth season of CLax and is expected to fill the net in 2015. Second Star- Kyle Clancy- Durham Turfdogs Former Buffalo Bandit Kyle Clancy netted a goal and…
Last season the Durham Turfdogs where the last place team in the Canadian Lacrosse League, entering Saturday afternoon’s opening game, they looked to be in tough squaring off against the defending Creators Cup Champion Niagara Lockmonsters. With the additions of Brendan Thenhaus, Mike Melnychenko and Gage Board, the Lockmonsters look poised to kick off the 2015 CLAX season in the win column. However it was the Turfdogs who would shockingly put quite the beating to the…
The defending Creators Cup Champions kick off the 2015 Canadian Lacrosse League season against the Durham Turfdogs at the General Motors Centre in Oshawa,ON. The Lock Monsters welcome back ten players from last year’s championship squad. Niagara will look to Corey Fowler to help lead the offense once again. The Niagara-on-the-Lake native netted 33 points(10 G, 23A) in 8 games, good enough for sixth among CLax scorers last season. Fellow…
The Southwest Cyclops and Barrie Blizzard completed the first trade of 2015 recently. Southwest will be receiving Alex Lubczuk from Barrie in exchange for 5th round pick in the 2015 entry draft. Lubczuk, 22, spent five consecutive seasons playing Junior A with the Kitchener-Waterloo Braves. Most recently he spent a season in Major Series Lacrose (MSL) with the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks before being drafted by the Toronto Rock in the 6th…
Todd Kozak was the top overall pick in the Canadian Lacrosse League supplemental draft to the Niagara Lock Monsters later in this week. The Burlington Chiefs product attended Rochester Knighthawks camp. The second pick of the two-round draft went to the Southwest Cyclops who drafted Dylan Webster. Webster was a draft pick of the Toronto Rock and attended their camp. He is also a member of the Brampton Excelsiors. Going third…
Ever since the Canadian Lacrosse League was created, it was meant to be a feeder system for the NLL. Though it has had its share of criticism, and teams have folded, the league has done its job and succeeded. Zach Higgins, who played with the Durham TurfDogs, has become a starting goalie in the NLL. Pat Saunders (Brampton Inferno of years past) has become a regular. Damon Edwards is a starting…
With the first round of NLL cuts coming in, it could not be better timing for the Canadian Lacrosse League. With their training camps opening last week, they will be adding several NLL cuts to their rosters. Blizzard Jayson Crawford- New England Black Wolves rookie cut, was the 7th overall pick to Barrie. Darryl Robertson- Defenseman drafted by Toronto Rock was the 19th overall pick to Barrie. Johnnie Rae- Free…
After a season that saw the Blizzard go 4-4 and narrowly lose out in the playoffs by one goal to the eventual Creators Cup Champion, Niagara Lock Monsters, things seem to be trending in the upward position for the Blizzard. While Barrie struggled offensively last season and in goal, the Blizzard where still able to win games, based on the solid overall depth of the team. With five of their…
Perhaps overshadowed by the excitement of the 2014 CLax Draft, there were some significant trades that occurred that evening, which could shake up the CLax rosters involved. First, the Niagara Lock Monsters shipped Tim Bergin and a number of draft picks to Durham in exchange for the number one overall pick, allowing them to select goaltender Zac Boychuk. Bergin had a break out year in his first CLax season, emerging…
Finishing last place in the five team Canadian Lacrosse League with a record of 1-7 changes needed to be made for this roster to improve. The first change for the Turfdogs was made when they hired new head coach Mat Giles, Giles who has coached the Peterborough Lakers Jr. A squad the last 5 years is sure to bring a bit of a culture change to the Turfdogs locker room….